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David McClure of McKinney: A senior moment ... at 48?
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> David McClure teaches science and coaches at Faubion Middle School
> in McKinney. He is also a Teacher Voices volunteer columnist.
>
> $5.37. That's what the kid behind the counter at Taco Bueno said to
> me. I dug into my pocket and pulled out some lint and two dimes and
> something that used to be a Jolly Rancher. Having already handed the
> kid a five-spot, I started to head back out to the truck to grab some
> change when the kid with the Emo hairdo said the harshest thing
> anyone has ever said to me.
>
> He said, "It's OK. I'll just give you the senior citizen discount."
>
> I turned to see who he was talking to and then heard the sound of
> chang hitting the counter in front of me. "Only $4.68" he said
> cheerfully.
>
> I stood there stupefied. I am 48, not even 50 yet a mere child!
> Senior citizen?
>
> I took my burrito and walked out to the truck wondering what was
> wrong with Emo. Was he blind? As I sat in the truck,my blood began to
> boil.
>
> Old? Me?
>
> I'll show him, I thought. I opened the door and headed back inside.
> I strode to the counter, and there he was waiting with a smile.
>
> Before I could say a word, he held up something and jingled it in
> front of me, like I could be that easily distracted! What am I now? A
> toddler?
>
> "Dude! Can't get too far without your car keys, eh?"
>
> I stared with utter disdain at the keys. I began to rationalize in
> my mind. "Leaving keys behind hardly makes a man elderly! It could
> happen to anyone!"
>
> I turned and headed back to the truck. I slipped the key into the
> ignition, but it wouldn't turn. What now? I checked my keys and tried
> another. Still nothing. That's when I noticed the purple beads
> hanging from my rearview
> mirror. I had no purple beads hanging from my rearview mirror.
>
> Then, a few other objects came into focus. The car seat in the back
> seat Happy Meal toys spread all over the floorboard. A partially
> eaten doughnut on the dashboard.
>
> Faster than you can say ginkgo biloba, I flew out of the alien
> vehicle.
>
> Moments later I was speeding out of the parking lot,relieved to
> finally be leaving this nightmarish stop in my life. That is when I
> felt it, deep in the bowels of my stomach: hunger! My stomach growled
> and churned, and I reached to grab my burrito, only it was nowhere to
> be found.
>
> I swung the truck around, gathered my courage, and strode back into
> the restaurant one final time. There Emo stood, draped in youth and
> black nail polish. All I could think was, "What is the world coming
> to?"
>
> All I could say was, "Did I leave my food and drink in here?"
>
> At this point I was ready to ask a Boy Scout to help me back to my
> vehicle, and then go straight home and apply for Social Security
> benefits.
>
> Emo had no clue. I walked back out to the truck, and suddenly a
> young lad came up and tugged on my jeans to get my attention. He was
> holding up a drink and a bag.
>
> His mother explained, "I think you left this in my truck by
> mistake". I took the food and drink from the little boy and
> sheepishly apologized.
>
> She offered these kind words: "It's OK. My grandfather does stuff
> like this all the time."
>
> All of this is to explain how I got a ticket doing 85 in a 40.
> Yes, I was racing like some punk kid in a Toyota Prius. And no, I
> told the officer, I'm not too old to be driving this fast.
>
> As I walked in the front door, my wife met me halfway down the
> hall. I handed her a bag of cold food and a $300 speeding ticket. I
> promptly sat in my rocking chair and covered up my legs with a blanky.
>
> The good news was I had successfully found my way home.
>

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